Curiosity Prevails

As it always does. And should.

I shall answer a question posted in a previous comment by writing a brief history of my life here.

I was born in Vancouver, back when it was a quaint city, but moved to Calgary at a ripe young age of 3 months. Although of Indian heritage, my parents were both born and raised in East Africa (Tanzania and Uganda), and as such, had a different outlook on life than the traditional Indian. (Digression to illustrate my point: Recently, a doctor was arrested in India for testing the gender of a fetus prior to performing an abortion. India recently passed a law barring such acts, because of the greater value placed on male children, or more particularly, male first-borns. In the 60's, such thoughts were predominant in India, while frowned upon in East Africa).
So, you can imagine, although the Canadian value system I was born into differed somewhat from the one my parents upheld, they were far more in-tune with the concept of the generational gap, having gone through one themselves.
As a result, we have close family ties -- not to maintain a facade of honor and respect to the community, but because of honor and respect inside the unit.

I digress.

Because of these circumstances, I was born and raised with a very mixed, but complementary, set of beliefs and values.
I am Canadian. I am Indian. I am African. I am one religion, I am all religions, I am my religion. And I am me. Things get confusing and theological here, so we'll leave this for another discussion.

I earned my high school diploma from Lester B. Pearson high school (NE hood), and headed off to the University of Victoria to get me some edumacation. I finished that a few years ago, and now live back home in Calgary, trying to earn a living in the rat race that destroys dreams (not mine, baby. I dream for a living.)

So, my current involvements:
I am now a Salsa/Merengue/Bacchata/Cumbia/Cha-cha teacher-assistant with the U of C Student Ballroom Society (which, despite it's name, also offers latin courses) (www.ucalgary.ca/~bsociety);
I am part of the Entertainment Committee of this year's World Partnership Walk (www.partnershipwalk.com);
I am learning Rueda Cubana and Salsa on saturdays/sundays;
I intend to hit the mountains on a once-weekly basis as soon as the weather improves;
I wanna get right the fuck outta Canada, work abroad for awhile, and then come back to settle down;
I plan on getting me a motorbike some time this month and enjoy the few months of summer the way God (or Apollo or Ra-Atum-Khepri or [insert favorite sun god here]) intended.

Keep an eye open on my blog, i will be blogging about events surrouding my life.

Okay, that's me in a snapshot. Oh yeah, almost forgot: I have the sweetest shave ever.
In the off chance that anyone ever reads this, and has questions, use that tiny little comments link right underneath this.

Ciao for now!